Conus ernesti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus ernesti. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429560 on 2015-09-17
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 31 mm.
Distribution This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama at a depth of 65 m.
References
Petuch. 1990. Nautilus. 104 (2): 67, figure 28–29. Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
External links To World Register of Marine Species Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea Gastropods.com: Gradiconus philippii ernesti (var.)